eel governor of the territory, 2 July, 1884, and he served three years. In 1889 he was elected to the r. S. senate for the term ending in March. 1891, and was elected for a second time. Senator Squire was for four years chairman of the committee on coast defences, and was noted for his work in es- tahlishins national defences.
STANFORD, John, clergyman, b. in Wands-
worth. Kngland. 20 Oct., 1754; d. in New York
city. 14 Jan., 1834. He came to the United States
in 1786 and opened an academy in New York city,
teaching at intervals from 1789 till 1813. He was
pastor of a Baptist church in Providence, R. I.,
for three years, and in charge of a church in New
York city from 1794 to 1800. He was appointed
city chaplain in 1813, and gave his entire time to
the prisons, hospitals, and charitable institutions
of the city till his death. Dr. Stanford was presi-
dent of the Baptist theological seminary in New
York city in 1824, and the "Stanford scholar-
ship" wa-s founded in his honor. He originated
the New York house of refuge, the first juvenile
reformatory in America which separated children
from hardened criminals in the penitentiary. He
was one of the chief promoters of the New York
a-sylum for the deaf and dumb. The first library
of Bellevue hospital was suggested by him. and
was named in nis honor " the Stanford library
association of Bellevue hospital." By request of
the common council of New York in 1825 his
portrait was painted by S. F. B. Morse at the ex-
pense of the city, and now hangs in the deiiart-
mcnt of charities. Seventy ministers of all de-
nominations attended Father Stanford's funeral.
His chief works are "The Christian's Pocket Li-
brary " (2 voU., New York, 1796-1800); "The
Dom'estic Chaplain" (1828); and "The Aged
Christian's Cabinet " (2d ed., laW).
STANTON, Thomas. Indian interpreter, b. in
EngUmd alK)iit 1615; il. in .Sloningtnn. Conn., in
1678. lie siiiled from London to Virginia in 1635,
and thence to New Kngland. He was one of the
first settlers of Hartford, which was founded in
1636. The year following he was employed as an
interj)rcter of the Indian language to accompany
the English foR-es against the Pequots. Hes4'r'e<l
as an interpreter for the commissioners of the
imite<l colonies also in 1644 and later. He assisted
Kliot in preparing his Indian catechism for the
press in Ki.'iS. and in KWe aided Abrahutu Pierson
(o. t'.) in the translation of his "Some Helps for
the Indians." About 16.58 he removed toStoning-
ton, where he resided until his death. He servetl
as its representative in 1666, and in 1674 he was
one of the founders of the first church in Sloning-
tnn. of which the Rev. Jiimes Noyes wa.s minister.
STANWOOD, Edwardm editor, b. in Augusta,
Me., 16 Sept., 1841. lie was graduated from
Bowdoin in the class of IHOl, receiving from his
aJma mater the degree of Litt. D., at its centennial
commencement in 1894. He has followed the editorial profession since 1862, being connected with the " Kenneliec Journal." the Boston "Daily
Advertiser." and since 1887 managing eilitor of the
" Youth's Companion," a very successful weekly.
Mr. Stanwood is the author of " History of Presi-
dential Campaigns" (Boston. 1884; 4th ed., 1896);
" History of the ('otton Manufacture in New Kng-
land " (T'hiladel[iliia, 1H97); and " H istory of the
Presidcncv" (Boston, 1898).
STARLING, LYNE. philanthropist, b. in Mecklenburg county, a.. 27 Dec, 1784; d. in Columbus, Ohio, 21 Nov., 1848. He removed to Ohio in
early life, was a founder of Columbus, capital of the state, and, acquiring large wealth, devoted much of it to benevolent objects. He left a large
sum to establish in Columbus the Starling medical college and hospital. It is a Gothic edifice of whitish limestone, and is among the most orna-
mental buildings of the city.
STEARNS, Joseph Barker. electrical engineer,
b. in Weld, Me., 28 Feb., 1831. As a youth he
worked on a farm, but became a telegraph opera-
tor, and in 18.5.5-'67 was superintendent of the
Boston fire-alarm telegraph company. During
this time he made many inventions that were of
value in developing the fire-alarm telegraph as it
is now used in the United States. In 1868 he in-
vented and patented the duplex .system of teleg-
raphy, which is now used throughout the world,
and for which he obtained royalties from the Brit-
ish, French. Italian, Russian, Spanish, anil Indian
governments, and from the several submarine cable
companies. In 1879-"80 he was employed as engineer by the Mexican telegraph comf)any in mak-
ing, laying, and putting into operation the cables
of that company between Galvesion, Tex., and
Vera Cruz, Mexico, and in 1881 he performed a
similar service for the Central and South American
telegraph company, whose cables extend from the
Isthmusof Tehuantepec in Mexico toCallao. Peru,
in all between 4,000 and 5,000 miles. This work
he completed in 1882 : and he has for some years
resided in Camden, Me., where his residence con-
tains a library of lO.CKM) volumes, and his collec-
tion of Chiriqui pottery, which has been exhibited
at the Smithsonian institution in Washington ; and
his collection of carved ivories at the Metropolitan
museum of art in New York. The latter is among
the largest collections of the kind ever made.
STEHBINS. Riinis Phiiieas, clergvman. b. at
South Wilbraham, Mass.. 3 March, 1810; d. at
Cambridge, Mass., 13 Aug., 1885. After graduat-
ing from Amiierst in the cla.ss of 1834. he studied
theology at the Harvard divinity school. He was
ordained as pastor of a Unitarian church at Leo-
minster, Mass., 20 Sept., 1837, where he remained
until 1844. He held a pastorate at Meadville. Pa.,
from 1844-'9, and was president of the theological
seminary there from 1844-'56. He then held vari-
ous pa.storates, and at the First Unitarian church,
Newton, Ma.ss., from 1877 till his death. He was
the author of a history of Wilbraham, Mass. (Bos-
ton. 1864): "Study of the Pentateuch" (1881);
" Common-Sense iew of the Books of the Old
Testament" (1885); and numerous addres.ses. Har-
vard university gave him the degree of I). D.
STEINWAV, William. manufacturer, b. in Seesen, Brunswick. 5 March, 1836; d. in New York city, 30 Nov.. 18!M5. He was the fourth son of Henry Engelhard Steinway (q. v.), and came to this country with his father and brothers in 18.50. In Germany he received an elementary education, and was also given instruction in languages and music. He then became an apprentice in a piano manufactory, where he spent two years. He was associated with his father and his brothers Charles and Henry in founding in 1H.53 the firm of Steinway & S<ms, and in 1889 he became the head of the firm. He erected Steinway hall, which ho proposed making a place for the exhibition of the highest musical skill ; and ho was a conspicuous figure among the German citizens of New York, wielding great Influence for good among them. He was noted for his unostentatious philanthropy, and in this line founded the well-known and profressivc settlement of Steinway, at Astoria, Long Island, in which he erected large buildings connected with his piano manufactory, and made ample provision for the religious, educational, and
